Which to use
“Gram” and “Gramm” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,975
- “Gram” frequency rank
- #5,601
- “Gramm” frequency rank
- 45576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Gram | Gramm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tiefer Kummer | Maßeinheit der Masse, die einem Tausendstel des Kilogramms entspricht |
Same sound, different letters: Gram vs Gramm
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. Gram runs 4 letters (CCVC) against Gramm's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - Gram and Gramm
This is the hard kind. Gram and Gramm are pronounced identically ([ɡʁaːm]) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Gram” sits inside “Gramm”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Gram is recorded at frequency rank #39,975, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁaːm]. Gramm is at rank #5,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁam].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 45576, this pair ranks #1,348,370 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Gram vs Gramm
Shared letters: agmr. Private to "Gram": -. Private to "Gramm": -.
"Gram" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Gramm" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Gram" and "Gramm" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Gram" or "Gramm" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "Gram" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Gramm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,348,370 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Gram" and "Gramm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gao vs Gram". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,348,370 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.